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20th Century Unknown Mirrors
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Mirror, Wood
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Iron
1880s French Japonisme Antique Mirrors
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Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Mirrors
Gold Leaf
20th Century American Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Mirrors
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Glass
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1960s Italian Vintage Mirrors
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Plastic
1870s English Rococo Revival Antique Mirrors
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Mirrors
Giltwood
1890s French Rococo Antique Mirrors
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Early 1700s Italian Baroque Antique Mirrors
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18th Century Antique Mirrors
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
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Glass
1960s Hungarian Vintage Mirrors
Leather
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Mirrors
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18th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Mirrors
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1780s Italian Chinoiserie Antique Mirrors
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
Brass
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
Brass
1830s English William IV Antique Mirrors
Wood
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Mirrors
Copper
19th Century Irish William IV Antique Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Mirrors
Silver
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Mirrors
Ormolu
Early 1900s British Antique Mirrors
Sterling Silver
1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Mirrors
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
1810s Regency Antique Mirrors
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 20th Century Italian Mirrors
Mirror
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Other Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique and Vintage Mirrors for Sale: Find Unique LaBarge Mirrors, Ettore Sottsass Mirrors and Other Mirrors on 1stDibs
The road from early innovations in reflective glass to the alluring antique and vintage mirrors in trendy modern interiors has been a long one but we’re reminded of the journey everywhere we look.
In many respects, wall mirrors, floor mirrors and full-length mirrors are to interior design what jeans are to dressing. Exceedingly versatile. Universally flattering. Unobtrusively elegant. And while all mirrors are not created equal, even in their most elaborate incarnation, they're still the heavy lifters of interior design, visually enlarging and illuminating any space.
We’ve come a great distance from the polished stone that served as mirrors in Central America thousands of years ago or the copper mirrors of Mesopotamia before that. Today’s coveted glass Venetian mirrors, which should be cleaned with a solution of white vinegar and water, were likely produced in Italy beginning in the 1500s, while antique mirrors originating during the 19th century can add the rustic farmhouse feel to your mudroom that you didn’t know you needed.
By the early 20th century, experiments with various alloys allowed for mirrors to be made inexpensively. The geometric shapes and beveled edges that characterize mirrors crafted in the Art Deco style of the 1920s can bring pizzazz to your entryway, while an ornate LaBarge mirror made in the Hollywood Regency style makes a statement in any bedroom. Friedman Brothers is a particularly popular manufacturer known for decorative round and rectangular framed mirrors designed in the Rococo, Louis XVI and other styles, including dramatic wall mirrors framed in gold faux bamboo that bear the hallmarks of Asian design.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, mid-century modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary mirrors. Today’s simple yet chic mantel mirror frames, for example, often neutral in color, owe to the understated mirror designs introduced in the postwar era.
Sculptor and furniture maker Paul Evans had been making collage-style cabinets since at least the late 1950s when he designed his Patchwork mirror — part of a series that yielded expressive works of combined brass, copper and pewter — for Directional Furniture during the mid-1960s. Several books celebrating Evans’s work were published beginning in the early 2000s, as his unconventional furniture has been enjoying a moment not unlike the resurgence that the Ultrafragola mirror is seeing. Designed by the Memphis Group’s Ettore Sottsass in 1970, the Ultrafragola mirror, in all its sensuous acrylic splendor, has become somewhat of a star thanks to much-lauded appearances in shelter magazines and on social media.
On 1stDibs, we have a broad selection of vintage and antique mirrors and tips on how to style your contemporary mirror too.
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